Family violence / Richard J. Gelles.
Material type: TextSeries: Sage library of social research ; v. 84Publication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1979.Description: 219 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 080391234X
- 0803912358 (pbk.)
- 301.42/7
- HQ809.3.U5 G44
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Bibliography: p. 207-218.
WAR, NEWBERY,
Part I: Violence toward children -- Introduction -- 1. Child abuse as psychopathology: a sociological critique and reformulation -- 2. The social construction of child abuse -- 3. Community agencies and child abuse: labeling and gatekeeping -- 4. Violence toward children in the United States -- Part II: Marital violence -- Introduction -- 5. Abused wives: why do they stay? -- 6. Violence and pregnancy: a note on the extent of the problem and needed services -- 7. Power, sex, and violence: the case of marital rape -- 8. The truth about husband abuse -- Part III: Studying family violence -- Introduction -- 9. Methods for studying sensitive family topics -- 10. Etiology of violence: overcoming fallacious reasoning in understanding family violence and child abuse -- Part IV: The impact of family violence -- Introduction -- 11. Family experience and public support for the death penalty (with Murray A. Straus).